Illegal Logging Presidential Directive Revision

Illegal mining and encroachment of forest included in the scope of forestry crimes. So the handling will be done by the institution that handles traffic offenses forestry.



"That's part of the revision of Presidential Instruction No. 4 Year 2005 on Eradication of Illegal Logging in Forest Areas In and Around the Region Peredaraannya RI," explained the Director General of Forest Protection and Nature Conservation Ministry of Forestry Darori in Jakarta, Wednesday (1 / 9).



The Decree was the basis of coordination between law enforcement agencies in the forestry sector only manage about illegal logging. "The development of current cross-agency coordination is also needed for handling cases of illegal minning and encroachment," he said.



According to him, the Ministry of Forestry, today, has written to the Coordinating Ministry for Political, Legal and Security to revise the Presidential Instruction.



Darori states, though worked on cross-agency, but in the revised Instruction will Kemenhut authorities confirmed that investigators in any criminal investigation forestry. This is expected to be dismissed this complaint for forestry businesses are often expressed about the existence of abuse of authority by non-forestry agencies in the field of forestry law enforcement.



Darori states revised Instruction is expected to fill the need for legal regulation in the field of forestry law enforcement prior to the publication of Crime Act of Forestry. Currently the Act was under discussion in Parliament and is expected to be completed in the near future.



Cross-agency coordination was needed in the midst of forest crime is revealed. According Darori, from the initial inventory, there are at least 8000 cases of mining and plantation without permission in some parts of Indonesia



Darori says it along with an integrated team consisting of the Task Force on Combating the Mafia Law, Police, Prosecutors, and the Corruption Eradication Commission will collect detailed data about forest crime to areas in the near future.



Previously the Minister of Forestry Zulkifli Hasan asserted purpose of this Forest Crime Act is a manifestation of the seriousness of the Ministry of Forestry in dealing with illegal logging and forest encroachment by plantation or mine.



Kemenhut ranks, he continued, working hard to fix the corrupted forest. If the initial Inventory was 800 cases, then the last three months had completed 58 cases in which some actors resist encroachment by the police.
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